QUOTED IN THIS WORK. 



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" Entoniologischer Versucli uber die 



Jurinesclieu Gattungen der Linneis- 



chen Hymenoptern," 1 vol. I'2iiio. 



Nuremberg, 1806. 

 " Index Entomologicus, pars prima, 



Eleutherata," 1 vol. ]2mo. Nnrem- 



bergse, 1813. 

 He has also published several other 



works on Insects, which I have not 



had occasion to quote. 



Park. — Parkinson (James), an 

 English naturalist. 



" Outlines of Oryctology," 1 vol. 8vo. 



with plates. 

 " Organic Remains of a Former World," 



3 vols. 4to. London. 1811. 



Parr A (Don Antonio), an Ame- 

 rican naturalist. 



Author of a " Description of various 

 portions of Natural History," and 

 chiefly of marine productions, written 

 in Spanish, 4to. Havanna, 1784. 



In this work the author describes and 

 figures many fishes and Crustacea. 



Passer. — Passertni (Charles). 



*■' Obser\'ations on the sound produced 

 by the Sphinx Atropos," in Italian, 

 from which M. Dufronches has given 

 an extract. 



Paykull ((justavus), Counsellor 

 to the King of Sweden, and mem- 

 ber of the Academy of Stockholm. 



" Fauna Suecica" (Insecta), 3 vols. 8vo. 

 Upsal, 1800. 



These three volumes refer exclusively to 

 tlie Coleoptera ; his descriptions are 

 carefully and completelj' given. 



He has also published good Monographs 

 of the genera Carabus, Curculio and 

 Staphylinus, but they are incorporated 

 with the Fauna. 



'' Monograpbia Histeroidcum," with 

 plates of all tlie species, 1 vol. 8vo. 

 L'psal, 1811. This Monograph is su- 

 perior to the preceding ones, and is in- 

 dispensably requisite for the study of 

 these Insects. 



He has published certain Memoirs on 

 Biids. 



Peck (William), Professor of 

 Botany at the university of Har- 

 vard. 



Author of a Memoir inserted in the 

 fourth volume of the Agricultural 

 .Journal of Massachusetts, relative to 

 a species of Rhyncba'nus, that attacks 

 the Pine. 



Penn. Pennt. — Pennant (Tho- 

 mas), a Welchman, born in 1726, 

 died in 1/98. A laborious natu- 

 ralist. The works we chiefly quote 

 are his 



" History of Quadrupeds," 2 vols. 4to. 



" Biitish Zoology," I vol. folio. 



" British Zoology," 4to. andSvo. 4 vols. 



" Arctic Zoology," 2 vols. 4to. 



"• Indian Zoology," 1 vol. 4to. 



Pernetty, a Benedictine who 

 accompanied Bougainville to the 

 Falkland Islands ; he was after- 

 wards librarian to Frederick II. of 

 Prussia. 



" Voyage aux lies Malouines," 2 vols. 

 8vo. Paris, 1770. It contains some 

 valuable details on Natural History, 

 and/useful figures. 



Per. — Peron (Francois), born 

 at Cerilly in 1775, died in 1810, 

 a zealous traveller, prematurely 

 snatched from the sciences, and 

 one of those who have most contri- 

 buted to enrich the Museum of 

 Paris. 



"• He edited the first volume of the 

 " Voyage de decouverte aux Terres 

 Australes en 1800—1804," 1 vol. 

 4to. with an atlas. Paris, 1807. 



He was also the author of various Me- 

 moirs published in the Annales du 

 Museum. 



Perrault, (Claude), a naturalist, 

 architect of the Louvre and Obser- 

 vatory of Paris, born 1613, died 

 1688. 



He published, from tlie dissections of 

 Duverney, the " Memoires pour servir 

 a, I'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux," 

 which form the third volume of the 

 Mem. de I'Acad. des Sciences, pre- 

 \-ious to 1699. 



Petag. — Petagna, (V.), of 

 Naples. 



" Specimen Inscctorum Ultcrioris Cala- 

 briuf," 4to. \rith one plate. Franco- 

 furti, 1787. 



" Elements of Entomolocv," 2 vols. 

 8vo. 



Petersb. or Petrop. Mem., or 

 Comment., or Nov. (Comment., or 

 Act., or Nov Act. 

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